The Lewis & Clark

Tradition of Animal Law

Many of our students choose Lewis & Clark specifically because of its excellent reputation for providing a world-class animal law education. It’s no wonder. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of students and a handful of dedicated faculty, Lewis & Clark Law School has led the development of the field of animal law. The following are just a few of the important milestones Lewis & Clark Law School is proud to achieved:

• First Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter
• First academic animal law conference
• First animal law journal (Animal Law) 
• First animal law dean position
• First animal law clinic with full-time faculty
• First animal law program with full-time administrators, clinical faculty & support staff
• First animal law mock trial competition
• First animal law moot court program
• First national animal law competitions (In partnership with Harvard & UCLA)
• First summer animal law program
• First advanced animal law seminar
• First animal law certificate program
• First post-grad animal law fellow
• First Animal Law LL.M. degree

History of the Animal Law Program

Lewis & Clark Law School has been a leader in animal law since the early 1990s and currently offers the most extensive program in animal law studies. While the field of animal law is still growing, Lewis & Clark has been at the forefront of its development since the beginning.

Read more about the development of our groundbreaking program in this article from the Fall ‘08 issue of the Law School’s magazine, The Advocate.